Ep. 8 I Knocked On The Door

01/02/24 • 13 min

Dear Old Blood: Notes on a Wittgenstein Noir

In this episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading and commentaries on the purported Wittgenstein noir 'Dear OId Blood', Nix confronts Godwit at his Norwegian hut over the duck-rabbit as the mysterious assassins close in. What truths will emerge in the final explosive episode of Wittgenstein's apparent noir? End notes include:

Different noir slang for guns
How Wittgenstein applies Gestalt theory to his life
the Nazi theme
Nix's final decision
Herbert Denk's rebuke to Horace Murgatroyd and hopes for the future

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Different noir slang for guns
How Wittgenstein applies Gestalt theory to his life
the Nazi theme
Nix's final decision
Herbert Denk's rebuke to Horace Murgatroyd and hopes for the future

Questions and queries to: [email protected]

**Audio now fixed!**

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Ep. 7 I Left A Note At The Dead drop

In this episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading and commentaries on the purported Wittgenstein noir 'Dear OId Blood', Nix follows Godwit to his Norwegian hut. As he gets closer to this mountainous retreat, the private investigator discovers he's not the only one pursuing the philosopher. End notes include:

Wittgenstein's hut in Skjolden, Norway (see photo below)
The phrase 'it comes to you perhaps as a friend and not as an enemy'

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Ep. 9 Herbert Denk's Afterword and Part 1 of Murgatroyd's Commentary

This episode of Horace Murgatroyd's reading and commentaries on the purported Wittgenstein noir 'Dear OId Blood', begins with Herbert Denk's defensive Afterword from the second edition. The first part of Murgatroyd's own critical commentary then follows.

All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald

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Figure 1. Wittgenstein's grave.

Footnote: See Richard J Evans's Why are we obsessed with the Nazis? in The Guardian, 6th February 2015

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